defensionis

Updated: May 17, 2025

The United Provinces had been compelled by overpowering necessity to take up arms. That which had resulted was and remained in 'terminis defensionis. Their object was to protect what belonged to them, to recover that which by force or fraud had been taken from them.

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609)

The United Provinces had been compelled by overpowering necessity to take up arms. That which had resulted was and remained in 'terminis defensionis. Their object was to protect what belonged to them, to recover that which by force or fraud had been taken from them.

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands, 1590a

The United Provinces had been compelled by overpowering necessity to take up arms. That which had resulted was and remained in 'terminis defensionis. Their object was to protect what belonged to them, to recover that which by force or fraud had been taken from them.

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands, 1590-99 — Complete

The United Provinces had been compelled by overpowering necessity to take up arms. That which had resulted was and remained in 'terminis defensionis. Their object was to protect what belonged to them, to recover that which by force or fraud had been taken from them.

John Lothrop Motley - PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete